Spotlights

When Julio Ramirez was seven years old, his parents left their home in Cuba and emigrated to America. The year was 1961 and Fidel Castro had taken control of the island nation. Julio’s father was a college-educated civil engineer, but he and his wife were prohibited from taking any earthly possessions with them when they left Havana to stay with relatives in Atlanta.

Any number of things can affect a company’s ability to innovate: talent, commitment, luck and funding all play big roles. But new research from the University of Georgia shows that one factor outside a company has dramatic effects on its creativity: financial analysts.

Why do girls get better grades in elementary school than boys—even when they perform worse on standardized tests? New research from Terry helps explain the gender disparities that exist in our classrooms.

Armed with a barrage of props, Chick-fil-A president and COO Dan Cathy shared his lessons in leadership with students enrolled in an entrepreneurship class at Terry. He talked about Chick-fil-A’s current challenges of maintaining a balance between quality, service and the bottom line while growing his business.

Gina Drosos, the former head of Procter & Gamble Beauty, recently spoke to attendees at Terry’s third annual Professional Women’s Conference. Drosos (BBA ’85) is a board member at Signet Jewelers Ltd. and shared her insights on “leading from the outside-in.”

When he was a standout football player at UGA, Bartley Miller shielded quarterbacks from harm. Today, Miller works for Sterling Risk Advisors, where he protects the medical community from malpractice suits.